Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
's 29th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the
Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by
Democrat
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Raumesh Akbari
Raumesh Aleza Akbari (''ruh-MESH'' ''ack-BERRY'') (born April 14, 1984) is an American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the 29th district since 2019. She was formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 91 ...
since 2018, succeeding fellow Democrat
Lee Harris.
Geography
District 29 is based in
Memphis, following the
Mississippi River
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to cover parts of
South
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Etymology
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and
Downtown Memphis – including much of historic
Beale Street – as well as
Millington and other unincorporated
Shelby County suburbs to the north.
The district is located almost entirely within
Tennessee's 9th congressional district
Tennessee's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in West Tennessee. It has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007.
The district was re-created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 Census.
Curr ...
, with a very small section extending into the
8th district
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. It overlaps with the 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 90th, 91st, 93rd, and 99th districts of the
Tennessee House of Representatives
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Constitutional requirements
According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...
,
and borders the states of
Mississippi
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and
Arkansas
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.
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results in District 29
References
{{Tennessee State Senators
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Shelby County, Tennessee